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EW Grand Jury India School Rankings 2024-25

STEAM Education Excellence Extraordinary Leadership
Schools delivering innovative science, technology, engi- These awards acknowledge outstanding education leaders
neering, arts and mathematics education through experi- who have led institutional transformational changes and
ential pedagogies. initiatives.

Rank Rank

India India

1 Lodha Oakwood School, Mumbai 1 Delhi Public School, Sector 45, Gurugram
2 Santhanam Vidhyalaya Sr Sec School, Trichy 2 Bal Bharati Public School, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai
3 New Era Senior Secondary School, Vadodara 3 Delhi Public School, Azaad Nagar, Kanpur
3 Silver Bells Public School, Bhavnagar 4 KIIT World School, Pitampura, Delhi
4 PG Garodia School, Mumbai 4 BSF Senior Secondary School, Jammu
4 Golden Earth Global School, Sangrur 5 Gyan Ganga Orchids The International School, Bhopal
5 Shemrock School, Mohali 5 Eva World School, Indore
5 Hasti Gurukul, Dondaicha, Dhule 6 City Montessori Inter College, Gomtinagar, Lucknow
6 Eva World School, Bhiwandi, Thane 6 The Shri Ram Universal School, Ghaziabad
6 Delhi Public School, Sector 67A, Gurugram 7 Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram
7 Cambridge International School, Dasuya 7 The Premia Acadmey, Hyderabad
7 Mahindra World School, Chengalpattu 8 Royal Academy, Lalitpur (UP)
8 Darbari Lal DAV Model School, Pitampura, Delhi 8 Swaraj India Public School, Kanpur
8 Little Flowers Public Sr Sec School, Shivaji Park, Shahdara, Delhi 9 Kairos International School, Hyderabad
9 World One School, Kondapur, Hyderabad 9 Delhi World Public School, Moga
9 Lokmanya Tilak International School, Navi Mumbai 10 St. Paul's High School, Mumbai
10 PNC Cognitio School, Bengaluru 10 Priyadarshini Nagpur Public School
10 DAV Public School, Sector 49, Gurugram
I am overwhelmed and humbled that we are ranked
#1 for Extraordinary Leadership. Overwhelmed
“because I know of many educators who work equally
hard in their schools. Humbled because there is so much
still to be done in the area of school leadership. Among
We are thrilled to our leadership best practices is the delegation of respon-
be conferred the sibilities on the basis of skills and preferences of faculty.
“country’s #1 STEAM We also empower the students council to develop leaders
Education Excellence of the future and encourage new ideas for discussion,
award. I attribute this debate and implementation. Initiatives that work are cel-
award to our unwavering ebrated and those that don’t, we learn from their failure”
commitment to provide — Aditi Misra, Director, DPS Sector 45, Gurgaon
students modern STEAM (6,000 students, 447 teachers)
subjects education to
nurture innovators, critical
thinkers, future leaders
and problem solvers. In
all classes, students are
encouraged to apply sci-
ence and engineering knowledge in hands-on projects.
Students create hydraulic lift models to understand fluid
dynamics. Younger students are taught electricity with
paper circuits and basic polarity concepts. Learners also
explore historical innovations like the Bhaskara Wheel to
learn about energy conversion and ancient engineering”
— Feroza Mehta Amin, Principal, Lodha Oakwood
School, Mumbai

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